Arranging the music of one song...

Here with a peppy, upbeat, & chippy electronic take on the main SM64 theme (and my favorite mix title of the album) is Theory of N:

"Funny story behind this one. Way back in '07 when POCKETMAN started this Super Mario 64 project up, I auditioned for a track on this album (specifically "Lethal Lava Land") and got shot down because my music was terrible. Looking back, I completely agree with the decision to reject my audition. Fast forward to about a month ago. 9-bit Blizzard had recently been released and WillRock seemed to have taken a liking to my track, so he suggested me to Nutritious to take his place remixing the main theme. If that's not a testament to progress, I don't know what is!

As for the mix, I've always been a fan of the more liberal side of arrangement and while I've wanted to remix this source for the longest time, I couldn't get much more than a straight cover until now. The best way I came up with to shake myself of cover-itis was to basically take the main melody and completely obliterate the harmonic context. This is probably one of the most inconsistently styled, eclectic remixes I've done to date, but I feel that it all fits together really well and I absolutely love the final product."

Director Nutritious writes:

"While the Bob-omb Battlefield (a.k.a. "Super Mario 64 Main Theme") song is covered elsewhere in the album in a humorous light, I also wanted a more traditional/instrumental take on the theme to compliment it. I initially took it upon myself to arrange the track. However, having little success, I shared my dilemma with WillRock, who suggested I contact ToN to see if he was willing to take it. Dustin agreed and soon provided me a rough draft that blew me away. This is a sweet chiptune-hybrid mix featuring excellent synth work and a catchy beat to the iconic original. I especially love the transition into the bridge section going from a chiptune breakdown and then suddenly kicking up the energy a few notches. Fantastic stuff."

Love the static/vinyl retro feel to the intro, layering the familiar melody against a funky-as-all-get-out backing riff & segueing into higher fidelity @ 0'32". Theoretical or not, Mr. N has an amazing grasp on how to blend funk & chip, and has been knocking it out of the park in this regard for a good while now. Keep doin' what yer doin'!! The bass really grinds on this one, and the overall soundscape does a good job of blending lower-fi elements with more modern stuffs; I end up making a lot of the same observations about each new ToN mix, but that's only because he's getting the same awesome things right each time, but each time within the context of a new arrangement that takes a theme in directions I'd never have thought of. Kudos for doing this yet again, lending Portrait of a Plumber a very funky track, and turning main screen on so we can all get signal!

Discussion

I'm not big on technomanga but everyone in a while there comes an
electronic remix that I can't help but love. I love the armonies
and chords used in this one. So energetic too! Bass samples are
awesome.

Man, this is just pure joy to listen to It's ridiculously upbeat, energetic and bouncy - a
classic ToN song. The classic blend of funky and chippy elements
creates a very sunny and carefree mix. So lovely 3

Such glitching fun all around, this is one of the highlights of
the album for me. Just love how you manage to go from low-fi to
amazing funk and back and forth again. Such a happy, peppy take
on the main theme of the game, I like it. One of the best tracks
I've heard from ToN so far.

This, is just pure awesomeness, that bit where it sounds like the
chip tune glitches 2:11 / 2:12 is epic, it actually made me think
my computer crashed, but it continues to more awesomeness of the
groovy beat, well done!

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